tame

英 [teɪm] 美 [teɪm]

• adj. 驯服的；柔顺的；乏味的
• vt. 驯养；使驯服；压制
• vi. 变得驯服

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 驯服的,温顺的

   not wild or fierce; easily controlled

2. 沉闷的,乏味的

   dull; unexciting and uninteresting

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)服从; 驯服

   (cause to) train sth to be gentle and often also to obey commands

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 驯服的，温顺的，顺从的，经驯养的，易驾驭的，驯养了的
2. 单调的，沉闷的，平淡（无奇）的，乏味的
3. 安全无害的
4. 经开垦的，栽培的
5. 没有骨气的
6. 没有精神的，无精打采的，不活泼的

v. 动词

1. （变得）驯服，驯养（禽兽），驯化，使...驯服
2. 使没精神
3. 抑制
4. 把弄柔和，使软化，使柔顺
5. 制服，使顺从，使易于控制，服从
6. 使软化，使失去锋芒
7. 开垦（土地）
8. 使变得平淡

英英释义

Adjective:

1. flat and uninspiring

2. very restrained or quiet;

   "a tame Christmas party"
   "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed"
   

3. brought from wildness into a domesticated state;

   "tame animals"
   "fields of tame blueberries"
   

4. very docile;

   "tame obedience"
   "meek as a mouse"
   

Verb:

1. correct by punishment or discipline

2. make less strong or intense; soften;

   "Tone down that aggressive letter"
   "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
   

3. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;

   "domesticate oats"
   "tame the soil"
   

4. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable;

   "He tames lions for the circus"
   "reclaim falcons"
   

5. make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans;

   "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"
   "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. A boy was playing with a tame snake.
   一个男孩在玩一条驯服了的蛇。
2. The animals we find in the zoo are quite tame.
   我们在动物园看到的动物都很驯服。
3. It's incredible that the tame wolf is as mild as a lamb.
   令人难以置信的是驯服的狼温和如羊。
4. She is too tame.
   她太柔顺了。
5. I quite enjoyed the book but found the ending rather tame.
   我很爱看那本书,只是结尾颇觉乏味。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The Asian elephant can be tamed and trained.
   亚洲象可以被驯养和训练。
2. We are trying to tame a really mad horse.
   我们正设法驯服一匹发了疯的马。
3. She made strenuous efforts to tame her anger.
   她竭力压制心头怒火。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. That tiger is impossible to tame.
   那只老虎难以驯服。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. A cat is a tame animal.
   猫是一种温顺的动物。
2. The film has a tame ending.
   那电影的结局枯燥无味。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. Monkeys become tame when they live with men.
   猴子和人生活在一起会变得驯服。
2. The party was tame because all the people were sleepy.
   聚会很沉闷,因为大家昏昏欲睡。

S+be+～+that-clause

1. He is so tame that he agrees with everybody.
   他很随和,总是顺从他人的意见。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. White rats tame easily.
   白鼠易驯。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. His job is to tame lions.
   他的工作是驯狮。
2. One day man will tame nature.
   总有一天,人类会战胜自然。

经典引文

• Tame Indians coming miles to market.

  出自： J. Conrad

• He had kept a tame hare in a basket in his study.

  出自： J. Trollope

• The fish are so tame you almost have to push them away from your facemask.

  出自：Skin Diver

• The lake-dwellers succeeded in taming that formidable brute.

  出自： C. Lyell

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• tame a monkey 驯猴
• tame nature 征服大自然

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. tame用于不及物动词时主动形式含有被动意义。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自初期中古英语的tame，意为屈服的；最初源自古英语的tom，意为驯服的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• dull
• flat
• gentle

【反义词】

• exciting
• wild

派生词

v.(动词)

• tamable adj. 能驯养的,可驯服的 ‖tameless adj. 难驯服的,未经驯服的‖tamely adv. 驯服地；平淡地‖tameness n. 温顺；沉闷；乏味‖tamer n. 驯养人；驯服…的人或物